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Navy Boot Camp Book 1947 Company 166 The Keel

Roster for Recruit Company 161 of 1947

Front Cover, USNTC Great Lakes "The Keel" 1947 Company 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, and 167.

Roster for Recruit Company 166 for 1947, United States Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Illinois. Company Commander: E. C. Zralka, C.B.M. 108 Men Graduated. Training Dates Not Reported.

On 28 March 1944, the Training Station was established by Secretary Forrestal as a group command and redisgnated as the U. S. Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Illinois.

COMPANY 166

Company Commander : E. C. Zralka, C.B.M.

Page One, (Reading from left to right)

Top Row:

  1. Enos R. Bailey
  2. Dwight W. Ball
  3. Arlen R. Ball
  4. Russell E. Barr
  5. Theodore J. Bartol
  6. Hillary T. Beckner
  7. Charles W. Bigelow

Second Row:

  1. Robert W. Brown
  2. Robert E. Campbell
  3. John L. Catteau
  4. Alexander T. Chappen
  5. Donald W. Christ
  6. Lawrence E. Cobb
  7. Charles F. Connelly
  8. Willie E. Couther

Third Row:

  1. William J. Courter
  2. William J. Cowan
  3. Clifford L. Davy
  4. Ivan W. Donahey
  5. Carl C. Drake
  6. Donald Eichberger
  7. Howard A, Fisher
  8. Albert Fonte

Fourth Row:

  1. Leonard V. Fye
  2. Stanley J. Gardner
  3. Stephen B. Gaspar
  4. Grover L. Gordon
  5. William E. Gregory
  6. Kenneth W. Waseley
  7. Arthur R. Henry
  8. Keith W. Holland

Fifth Row:

  1. Luther B. Hubbard
  2. Charles H. Hurlburt
  3. James C. Javens
  4. Clarence R. Jobe
  5. Gene R. Jones
  6. Roswell E. Jones
  7. William L. Kaelber
  8. Allen S. Karns

Bottom Row:

  1. Melvin S. Keating
  2. Francis B. Kilbride
  3. John J. Killilea
  4. Robert W. Kittle
  5. Everett C. Lahue
  6. Pedro R. Laracuente
  7. R. K. Laudenslager, Jr.
  8. Benjamin H. Lee

Page Two, (Reading from left to right)

Top Row:

  1. Robert O'Brien
  2. Bernard Passer
  3. Robert Andrews
  4. James MacDermott
  5. Louis Vitalo
  6. Roger Warren
  7. Richard Marquardt
  8. Dallas Cutler

Second Row:

  1. John Comer
  2. Starling Newsome
  3. Lee R. Loryea
  4. Francis J. Madden
  5. Ernest R. McClellan
  6. Louis A. McGee, Jr.
  7. Patrick J. McMullan
  8. Robert J. Mendoza

Third Row:

  1. Charles H. Meredith
  2. Dean L. Miles
  3. George H. Minnich, Jr.
  4. Marvin G. Morris
  5. Richard D. Morris
  6. William M. Nevills
  7. Douglas A. Nietzke
  8. Harry L. O'Connor

Fourth Row:

  1. Paul R. Orszulak
  2. Julio A. Palermo
  3. Duane D. Pedlar
  4. Leonard R. Rickerson
  5. James H. Robb
  6. Paul C. Rought
  7. George F. Rowe
  8. Harry W. Rutherford

Fifth Row:

  1. Ray H. Sanborn
  2. Kasimer L. Schnieder
  3. Eric L. Schelin
  4. Charles Shallis
  5. George J. Skiba
  6. Arthur E. Smith
  7. Allan D. Smith
  8. Harley R. Smith

Sixth Row:

  1. Edmond O. Soutiere
  2. William M. Stanley
  3. Paul Stevens
  4. John J. Sullivan
  5. Lester B. Sweet
  6. James M. Todd
  7. Richard E. Trimmer
  8. James P. Tuttle

Bottom Row:

  1. Leo M. Valois
  2. Walter T. Vigre
  3. Edward J. Vild, Jr.
  4. Alfred M. Whitman
  5. Gordon C. Wilson
  6. Harold A. Williams
  7. Dale E. Woody
  8. Richard H. Wood

Page Three, (Reading from left to right)

Top Row:

  1. John Pickett
  2. Thadeus Kapuscinski
  3. Richard Pilker
  4. Billy Turner

Navy Boot Camp Recruit Photos - Company 47-166

Page One, Recruit Company 166 of 1947

Company 47-166 Recruits, Page 1

Page Two, Recruit Company 166 of 1947

Company 47-166 Recruits, Page 2

Page Three, Recruit Company 166 of 1947

Company 47-166 Recruits, Page 3

Bottom Photograph Captions:

  1. Waiting our turn to fire rifles on the range.
  2. Barracks "bull session"
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